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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVII
Photo by Federal
DELEGATES TO AFL-CIO CONVENTION—The aboYe photo shows local delegates who
tended the 25th convention of the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite, and Paper
Workers, AFL-CIO which was held recently in Montreal, Quebec (Canada).
Left to right, back row: liar-
ry L. Brown, local No. 653,
presenting employees of
ern Paperboard, and Joseph
Addison, local No. 622,
senting employees of
Teed Products Corp.
SHIES 1
REV. MERRICK W. COLLIER
A service of installation was
performed Sunday, Sept. 6,
at 3:30 p. m. for the Rev. Mer¬
rick William Collier in the
Westminster P r e £b y t e ,r i a n
church. Concord, N. C.
Ministers and layman of the
Catawba Presbytery of the Ca¬
tawba Synod who participated
in the service were Rev. Thom¬
GRANTED LEAVE—Mrs. Frank¬
ie Go'.den Ellis, former princi¬
pal of Sarah Mills Hodge anc
George DeRenne Elementary
schools, has been granted s
leave by the Board of Educa¬
tion to study this year on i
Southern Education Foundation
Fellowship at the University oi
Texas in Austin. She will stud,',
toward her doctorate in the
area of Curriculum and In¬
struction.
This is considered an out¬
standing accomplishment foi
Mrs. Ellis who has been the re-
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anawtali SHIwne
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Left to right, front row:
Cleveland Wilson, local No. 750,
representing employees of Ga.
Pacific Plywood; Charles Gor-
local No. 601, representing
employees of Union Bag-Camp;
Herbert Williams a nd
as A. Jenkins, Rev. H. L. Counts,
j Rev. T. A. Jenkins, Rev. F. M.
i Beaver, Rev. H. Wilson and T.
i Jeffers. Rev. P. A. Patterson
I of Savannah delivered the ser-
j mon.
I Music was rendered by the
i church choir accompanied i by
Miss B. Foster, organist; and
! Mrs. M. Foster, pianist, Mrs. P.
I A. Patterson sang two solos.
Following the service Rev.
Collier and his family were at
home to the members and vis¬
iting friends of Westminster
! church.
Rev. Collier is the son of Dr.
and Mrs. H. M. Collier, Sr., of
Savannah. He Is the seventh
| child in a family of eight chil-
Idren; four brothers are in the
| medical profession; one broth-
1 is in the contracting busi¬
er
ness; a sister serves as a teach¬
er in Philadelphia; and a de¬
ceased brother gave his life in
the service of his country.
Rev. Collier, a native Savan-
nahian, .recaivted his ■elemen-
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LICENSED PILOT — Harvey E
tall, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey E. Hall of 635 West 37
Street, earned a Pilot's License
o do commercial flying recent-
y in Cleveland, Ohio. He is in¬
terested in flying for pleasure
presently — perhaps as a voca¬
tion later.
Mr. Hall, a graduate of More-
rouse College and Oberlin Con¬
servatory of Music, is a member
of the American Guild
of Musicians and Composers.
He is also a member of the
National Association of Music
(Continued on Page Five)
Sawyer, both representing
j no. 615, employees of
I gag-Camp Factory
W. T. Detreville,
senting International
hood of Pulp, Sulphite, and
1 per Mill Workers, Tir , AFL-CIO.
thurc li Membership in
eadies All-Time
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Member¬
ship in American churches and
synagogues reached an all-
time high in 1958.
Reports made by
groups themselves
membership for all faiths
1958 was 109,557,741. This is
per cent of the nation’s
mated population of
the highest ratio of
membership to population
•MISS AMERICA OF ELKDO.M
—Clevelands Judge Perry
Jackson, grand treasurer
the Elks, extends
tions to pretty Adessa
Talladega College student,
lected “Miss America of
dom” during recent 60th
lodge session of the Elk*
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
MISSISSIPPI NEGROES 1
WHITES FROM AREA
JACKSON, Miss. — (ANP)
Eighty-itwo Negro home
signed a petition Friday to pre¬
vent a white family from “per¬
manently integrating
neighborhood.”
W. J. Garrett, a white
owner, then agreed to back
down on his plan to build a
home for his family in the Ne¬
gro residential area.
The group said in the peti¬
tion that they believed the
races should be segregated as
far as possible. They pointed
out that “if the situation were
reversed, you would in some
way prevent a colored person
from doing the same thing in
an exclusively white neighbor¬
hood. Most of us in this area
own our homes. We are proud
of our homes and our commun¬
Steals Violin Worth $6,000;
Pawns It for $30
CHICAGO—1 ANP)—Two ex-
I convicts who stole a $6,000 vio-
I lin July 22 and pawned the
| instrument two days later for
j $30 Chief have been Justice sent to jail. Marovitz
I A
sentenced Carl Wright, 30, to
American history.
The churches’ own figures
show a membership gain in
1958 of 5,368.063 over 1957, a
rise of 5 percent. This com¬
pares to a 1.7 percent increase
in the nation’s population for
the same period.
The latest annual compila¬
tion of church statistics was
made by the Bureau of Re¬
search and Survey of the Na¬
Atlantic City. Standing back of
Miss Brown is P. M. Blair,
Montgomery, Ala., businessman,
■ who heads the beauty and tal¬
j ent pageant. At immediate left
and right of Miss Brown are
runners - up Darlene Nelson,
Texas, and Marcia Jo Lawson,
l District of Columbia. Other
SATURDAY, SEPT. 12, 1959
ity.”
‘Garrett has three teenage
daughters, and of course there
are a lot of young colored boys
in this area and we do not
want anything to happen
which would cause trouble,"
they concluded.
County Atty. Paul G. Alexan¬
der presented the petition to
the supervisors saying there
had been no earlier objections
to the Garrett’s living In the
area because “they thought it
was on a temporary basis.”
Garrett, who with his wife
and daughters had been Living
for two years in a combination
store and home, recently pur¬
chased two nearby lots to build
a store and a service station
across from the Negro develop¬
ment.
2 to 8 years and Nathaniel
Stevens, 22, to one to two years.
The two pleaded guilty to
stealing the violin from the
auto of Fritz Siegel, a concert
master for the Grant Park
symphony orchestra.
tional Council of Churches. It
is based on figures released to
the Bureau by officials of 251
church bodies in 49 states and
the District of Columbia. De¬
tails will appear In the Year¬
book of American Churches for
1960, to be published on Sep¬
tember 8. There are 260 relig¬
ious bodies listed in the Year¬
book.
Church statistics for Alaska
contestants, left to right,
Emma Mae Lee,
Alice Mlayhew, Illinois,
Jones, Connecticut, Betty
meron, Ohio, Birtress
try, New York; Eiveta
Arizona, Mattie Peoples,
Carolina, Jeanne Echols,
consin, and Joan Rudrow,
** mw m m
I NKH PHINCmt.
MRS. (). a. DINGLE
I MGNTOTH SCHO!
* VKAt'm
NEW PRINCIPAL WELCOMED—The president of Montieth P. T. A., James Jones (second from
lefti, welcomes Mrs. O. B. Dingle, (third from right*, newly appointed principal, to Montieth
L. to R. in photo are: Mrs. Carrie Whitehead, Mr. Jones, Mrs. Dingle, Mrs. Evelyn June ,
Mrs. Janie Bowers, teacher at Montieth Cards and flowers from friends of Mrs. Dingle
are shown on table in background of picture.
Mrs. 2 >mg le is a product of
the local school system. She
received her Bachelor of Arts
degree from Savannah State
College, a Master of Arts degree
from New York University, and
has done advanced study at
| were requested for the first
| time for the latest survey,
j Those for Hawaii will be inclu-
ded next year.
Other reports made by the
churches induct*:
Sunday and Sabbath (Satur¬
day) School enrollment: 41,
197,313 in 1958, an increase of
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Jersey. “Miss Tennessee,” Ida
Jones, is not seen, while at
upper right Barbara Lyons,
Mississippi, pauses backstage
as Coca - Cola reresentatives
Moss H. Kendrix, Washington,
D C., and Chris Conner, Phila-
iflnnt.lmifkfi nn PF.ljyhtl
Price 10c
ADams 4-3433
Atlanta university. She has
worked in the Chatham
ty School system for many
years and formerly taught at
Pearl Smith school.
Mrs. Dingle Is president of
Chatham County Teachers As-
F
IKD Sil HUL
Bishop C. M. Grace, founder
of the United House of Prayer,
will arrive in the city over the
week-end. His visit will high¬
light the thirty-third annual
Holy Convocation of the church
which will be held Sept. 13-20
at the House of Prayer, 643
Bismurk Street.
Along with the scheduled
activities there will be a special
program each night in honor
of the founder who is affect¬
ionately called “Sweet Daddy
Grace” by his followers.
District eiders and members
from all parts of Georgia, Flo¬
rida, and South Carolina are
expected.
The local pastor, Elder P. A
Lawson will deliver the Intro¬
ductory sermon Sunday morn¬
ing. The General Council will
meet Monday at 11 ami. fol¬
lowed by worship services at
noon. Saturday, Sept. 19, there
will be a picnic at. Grace Land*
Park from 9 a.m. until.
Sunday, Sept. 20, will mark
the climax of the activities in
the form of a street parade at
which thousands of spectator?
watch annually. The day will
NEW JEANES SUPERVISOR —
Mrs. Irma S. Fields, who for¬
merly served as Jeanes Super¬
visor of Candler-Toombs-Vidal-
la school systems from 1950
until hpr recent resignation,
has been appointed in a simi¬
lar position with the Board of
Education of Chatham County.
Mrs. Fields attended Morris
Brown College, Atlanta, receiv¬
ed the B.S. degree in elemen¬
tary education from Savannah
State College and the master
NUMBER 19
untary leaders for the Girl
Scouts organization, and is a
member of Zeta Phi Beta So-
rity. She is also a member
of the Second Arnold Baptist
Church where she serves as u-
perintendent of the Sunday
Bishop C. M. Grace
Founder
begin with sunrise services f
Lowed by Sunday school at
a.m., gospel services at 11 a .
baptism at Grace Land Pool at
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“Duke” Ellington
RECEIVES SPINGARN MEDAL
—Jazz clarinetist Benny Good¬
man, known as the “King of
Swing," will present the covet¬
ed Spingarn Medal to Edward
Kennedy (Duke) Ellington in
New York City Friday morn¬
ing, September 11, NAA
CP Executive Secretary Roy
Wilkins announces.
The Spingarn Medal is awar¬
ded by the NAACP annually to
a Negro American for disting-